Job 20:29
27 The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
28 The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
- KJV
- This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
- WEB
- This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”
- ASV
- This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
- DARBY
- This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
- BLB
- This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him from God.”
- ÅB
- Dette er den lodd som et ugudelig menneske får av Gud, den arv som er tilkjent ham av den Allmektige.
- OTB
- Dette er den delen Gud har tildelt de ugudelige,
arven bestemt for ham av Gud.» - B1930
- Dette er den lodd som et ugudelig menneske får av Gud, den arv som er tilkjent ham av den Allmektige.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 27:13
This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
Read in contextJob 31:2–3
For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Read in contextPsalms 11:5–6
The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
Read in contextJob 18:21
Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
Read in contextLamentations 3:38
Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
Read in contextMatthew 24:51
Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:20–28
The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
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